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Nazi War Crimes Trials: Stutthof Trial

(April 21 - May 31, 1946)

A group of thirteen ex-officials of the Stutthof concentration camp were arraigned before a Soviet/Polish Special Criminal Court at Gdansk, from April 25, 1946 to May 31, 1946. All were found guilty and eleven were sentenced to death, including the Commandant Johann Pauls. The remainder were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.

Johann Pauls: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Gerda Steinhoff: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Kapo Josef Reiter: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Wanda Klaff: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Erna Beilhardt: 5 Years Imprisonment
Kapo Waclaw Kozlowski: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Kapo Fanciszek Szopinski: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Ewa Paradies: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Kapo Kazimierz Kowalski: 3 Years Imprisonment
Jan Breit: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Kapo Tadeusz Kopczynski: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)
Elisabeth Becker: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 4th July 1946)


Sources: Skalman